2023-05-28 21:22:32
Football
AC Milan secures its place in the Champions League
After beating Juventus (1-0) in Turin on Sunday, the Milanese will finish in the top 4 of Serie A. They will accompany Naples, Lazio and Inter Milan in the Champions League.
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Olivier Giroud scored the 17th goal of his season for AC Milan in all competitions.
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Olivier Giroud put the Rossoneri in orbit during this poster of the 37th and penultimate day by opening the scoring with a perfect recovery from the head (40th). With this 17th goal in all competitions, the 36-year-old French team goal record holder signs his most prolific season since 2015-16 with Arsenal.
The Bianconeri had hitherto been the most dangerous. But they were unable to convert the good chances of Juan Cuadrado (13th), Angel Di Maria (24th) and Moise Kean (32nd).
In the second half, Milan managed without shaking, not far from breaking on a counter led by Giroud that Alexis Saelemaekers failed to conclude in front of Wojciech Szczesny (71st) then on a breakthrough by Rafael Leao (78th).
If they could not fight with Naples to defend the scudetto obtained in 2022, the Milanese ensure their minimum objective with this qualification for the C1, competition of which they played the semi-finals this season.
Juventus at 12-year low
Juve (7th), weighed down by its ten-point penalty for accounting fraud, will miss the most prestigious of European cups for the first time in twelve years (2011-12).
She will fight on the last day, next weekend, with Atalanta Bergamo (5th) and AS Roma (6th) for the allocation of places in the Europa League or in the Europa League Conference.
Note that Roma can still join the four other Italian qualifiers in C1 if they succeed in the Europa League final on Wednesday against Sevilla.
At the start of the evening, Lazio Rome, the only real surprise guest in the Top 4 final of Serie A, took over 2nd place from Inter Milan by beating Cremonese (3-2), thanks in particular to a double by Sergej Milinkovic-Savic.
(AFP)
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